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Diem escaped an assassination attempt after two South Vietnamese pilots bombed the presidential palace. But he suervived
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Thich Quang Duc (66-year-old) a Buddhist monk, burnt himself to death to protest Diem’s anti-Buddhism policies & religious intolerance. Following him, more Buddhist did the same thing
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South Vietnamese General Duong Van Minh overthrew Diem regime. with US approval.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated In Dallas, Texas.
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In the U.S., University students started to protest strongly against American involvement in Vietnam.
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President Johnson met South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky in Honolulu where he promised to continue to help South Vietnam against the North Communist aggression.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke out against U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam among over 100,000 demonstrators in New York
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Nguyen Van Thieu became President of Republic of Vietnam
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U.S. soldiers massacred 347 Vietnamese civilians, mostly children, women and elderly men in the town of My Lai.
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Last two U.S. men were killed at Tan Son Nhut airport in their evacuation mission. South Vietnam fell as the acting President Duong Van Minh delivered an unconditional surrender to the North Communists in early hours of April 30.